{"id":2907,"date":"2014-06-14T09:41:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T09:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=2907"},"modified":"2014-06-14T09:41:36","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T09:41:36","slug":"this-new-spiritual-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=2907","title":{"rendered":"This new spiritual life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This new spiritual life<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(James Smith, \u201cThe Way of Salvation Set Forth\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>By nature we are all\u00a0<em>dead in trespasses and sins. <\/em>There is . . .<br \/>\nno\u00a0<em>breath <\/em>of prayer,<br \/>\nno\u00a0<em>sight <\/em>of God,<br \/>\nno\u00a0<em>listening <\/em>to the voice of mercy,<br \/>\nno\u00a0<em>power <\/em>of faith;<br \/>\nbut we are\u00a0<em>alienated <\/em>from the life of God, through the\u00a0<em>ignorance <\/em>that is in us. In this state we live \u2014 until God who is rich in mercy with the great love with which He loved us,\u00a0<em>quickens <\/em>us together with Christ, and saves us by His grace. The Holy Spirit imparts a new, a divine life. In consequence of this, we . . .<br \/>\ndiscover our lost state,<br \/>\nfeel our dangerous position,<br \/>\nfear the wrath of God,<br \/>\ndesire true holiness, and<br \/>\nflee to Jesus for full salvation.<\/p>\n<p>This life coming from God \u2014 always leads us to God.<br \/>\nBeing holy \u2014 it produces earnest longings for holiness.<br \/>\nBeing spiritual \u2014 it can only be satisfied with spiritual blessings.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus becomes the food, the repose, the delight of the soul. To Jesus the spiritual life always tends; on Him it feeds; and of Him alone it boasts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This new spiritual life<\/strong> is\u00a0<em>imparted <\/em>in regeneration, and\u00a0<em>reveals <\/em>itself in conversion to God. Its<em>manifestations<\/em> are . . .<br \/>\n<em>repentance <\/em>for sin,<br \/>\n<em>faith <\/em>in Jesus,<br \/>\n<em>love <\/em>to God, and<br \/>\nearnest\u00a0<em>longings <\/em>for holiness of heart and life.<\/p>\n<p>It is this\u00a0<em>spiritual life <\/em>which distinguishes the real believer from the\u00a0<em>mere professor<\/em> of religion. It makes him a new man, and leads him to prove the truth of the Apostles words, \u201cIf any man is in Christ, he is a new creature, old things are passed away; behold all things are become new!\u201d\u00a02 Corinthians 5:17<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This new spiritual life (James Smith, \u201cThe Way of Salvation Set Forth\u201d) By nature we are all\u00a0dead in trespasses and sins. There is . . . no\u00a0breath of prayer, no\u00a0sight of God, no\u00a0listening to the voice of mercy, no\u00a0power of faith; but we are\u00a0alienated from the life of God, through the\u00a0ignorance that is in us. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-james-smith","category-believers-rule-of-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2908,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2907\/revisions\/2908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}